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I would use google apis for sheets, tasks and keep. Comes with a nice UI out of the box. Why do most hack the itch projects start from scratch and not use and

I would use google apis for sheets, tasks and keep. Comes with a nice UI out of the box. Why do most hack the itch projects start from scratch and not use and build on best in class apis?

phpnode 7y ago
Should anyone build a product around Google APIs in 2020, given their record here?
- lowdose 7y ago
  They are playing the long game with their GSuite offering. 70% of the USA educational market migrated to Google last 5 years.
  - bransonf 7y ago
    When you say educational market do you mean primary/secondary? The three largest universities in my city recently moved from GSuite to Microsoft’s stack.
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      Mine moved in the opposite direction last year.
- oh_sigh 7y ago
  What's their record abandoning actually used products? Sheets is literally 13 years old and is heavily used internally and externally. The odds of it going away are very small. This "Google cancels everything" is pretty much a viewpoint I hear only on HN. I don't know what reality some people are living in.
  - redis_mlc 7y ago
    So you're a Google fanboi. We get it.